Scbtjbbing-pail



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

v A. P. HAVSE- AND L. J. ADAMS, OF MORRISVILLE, `VERMONT.

SCRUBBING-PAIL.

, Specification of Letters Patent No. 22,799, dated February 1, 1859.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that we, A. P. HAwsn and L. J. ADAMS, of Morrisville, in the county of Lamoille and State of Vermont, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Scrubbing-Pails and Mop-V1'ingers; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,

clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawing, representing a perspective view of the pail and mop-wringer and forming part of this specification.

In the drawing P is the pail, having two upright pieces of iron n a/ secured thereto, and extending upward, and constituting the bearings for a roller R. The lower portions of the pieces a a extend in a bow form as seen at B from the bottom of the pail, giving it a firm bearing at its base.

Crossing the pieces a a, and connected therewith by two pins b, is a double-branched piece of metal C, whose upper extremities constitute the bearings for a second roller It', whose natural position is in contact with the roller R as shown in the drawing, by rea-son of the weight of the bow portion D of the piece which extends outward along the floor as shown in the drawing. The rollers R R constitute the handle of the pail, by which it is transported, and in their natural position permit the insertion of the mop on either side thereof.

To wring the mop, the toe of the operator is inserted under portion D of piece C, producing a movement of said piece about pins Z) and causing a separation of the rollers R R. The mop is inserted between them, the feet of the operator are placed upon both bow pieces B and D and the mop is drawn upward from between the rollers; the moisture being extracted therefrom by the pressure of the rollers.

This article is simple in construction combining the advantages of a common pail mop wringer: the rollers performing the double function of pail handle and mop drier.

Temake no claim to pressure rollers broadly considered as mop driers, but

IVe ela-im as our invention- `The combination of pail P, rollers R R', and pieces a a and C, arranged and operating substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony, we have hereunto signed our names before two subscribing witnesses.

ASA P. HAWSE. LUTHER J. ADAMS. lVitnesses THOMAS GLEED, BB. HAWSE, 

